Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

A Thing I’ve Read 12/25: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

The cover of Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. In front of a dark blue night sky with golden stars stands a column, on which a (a statue of a?) faun stands upright with one hoof, the other raised in the air. The faun has pale skin and blond hair on its head and its lower body and legs, and it's playing a double-ended flute. Along the bottom of the cover are the stylized swirls of a roaring ocean. The name of the author is printed on the top, the name of the book on the bottom.

I’ve decided to read this one after the good people of Poltergeist announced a larp based on it and a lot of people were very excited, and now I do see why.

It is the story of a house made out of endless rooms, filled with statues, the lower level flooded, the upper full of rainclouds, and of a man exploring the house, and of the Other, his friend, and the people of the house’s past and present and future.

Being less cryptic would mean spoiling the fun, so give it a read!

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